Retainer for strip shingles



H. H. HONIGBAUM RETAINER FOR- STRIP SHINGLES Filed June 27. 1923- A T T ORNE YS.

Patented May is, 1925.

umreos'r T if s PATENT OFFICE.

BARR-SCH. HONIGBAUM, F RICHMOND HILL, NEW YORK.

RETAINER FOR STRIP SHINGLES.

Application filed June 27,1923. Serial No. 648,138.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HARRY H. Home BAUM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond Hill, county of Queens, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Retainer for Strip Shingles, of which the following is a specisuccessive courses and also preclude .curling or flapping of the weather edges of the shingles. y

Itis well known that-composition strip shingles have a tendency to flap in the wind and also to curl at their weather edges after a relatively short eriod on a. roof, and,

- moreover, considera le care is required in the laying of these strip shingles in order that the successive'courses will properly line up and that the strips of each separate course will be roper y alinedelongitudt nally of the 'roofl The deviceof the present invention fulfills the requirements of properly positioning successive courses while they are being laid and without necessitating the employment, of chalk lines, straight edges or other expedients and furthermore serves to hold' the shingles firmly to the roof throughout their entire extent after the shingles have been laid. p

The device of the present invention in its preferred practical form consists of a strip of sheet metal, one end of which is slit to provide three tongues, two of which are turned down at right angles to the body of thestrip and the central tongue of which is turned up for a distance substantially equal to thethickness of the roofing material. and then bent at right angles so that said bent over portion will overlie the body of the strip andbe substantially parallel to the face thereof. The strip is perforated near its opposite end and is of less width than the width of the slot of a strip shingle.

In use one of these devices is associated with each slot of the stripshingles ofeach course, the bod of the metallic strip' being laid upon the s ingle adjacent each slot or out out therein and in such manner that the downwardly extending tongues will project downwardly into the cut out, while their faces will abut with the base of'the cut out.

The device having been brought into this positionfit is nailed by asingle nail to the roof and this nail passes through the device through the body of the strip shingle and into the roof boards. One'of the devices is associated with each cut out 'ofea'ch strip of shingles, so that .when the next course 'of shingles is laid the tabs of the shingles of said secondgcourse 'are received beneath the upstanding tongues. of the several devices and are precluded from flapping or curling.

Features of the invention, other than those specified, willbe apparent from the hereinafter'detailed description and claims, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

'Theaccompanying -:-drawings illustrate one practical embodiment of the invention,

but the construction therein shown are to be understood as illustrative, only, and not as defining the limits of the invention.

The figure shows four devices embodying the present invention in perspective andin the osition which they occupy one roof, a fragmental view of the shingles of'which roof is shown associated? with the invention.

- The device of this invention is constructed of a strip of sheet metal 1,-;-one end of which, in the process of manufacture, is slit to provide three tongues. The central. tongue is made" longest, while'the two'lateral tongues are made somewhat shorter and all of'said tongues are thereupon bent after the manner shown in the drawings: The two lateral tongues 2 are bent downwardly and are of a length substantially equal to the thickness of a strip of composition shingle material. The intermediate tongue 3 is bent upwardly .for a distancesubstantially equal ,to the thickness of such composition material and thereafter bent longitudinally of the device and in parallel relation to the body thereof to form a keeper. The opposite end portion of the strip isiperforated asatgl.

In practice, the strip may vary in J'size,

but,when used in conjunction with strip shingles, the device is preferably not over one-half inch wide, this being the width of portion 5 of the conventional strip shingle.

The manner of employing the device is as follows.' In laying a course of shingles on a roof, the successive strip shingles are secured in place by as many'of the present devices as there are cut outs in the strips. That is to say, one device cooperates with each cutout 5 of the strip shingle in such manner that the body portion of the device is laid on the top of the shingle with the tongues 2 extending into the cut out 5 and abutting the blind end of the cut out. After the device has been thus positioned, a nail 6 is driven through the perforation 4:. In ordinary strip shingles, there are several cut outs and in laying said shingles, one of my devices is associated with each cut out and the nails 6 serve not only to secure the device in place, but also to simultaneously secure the shingles to the roof. After one course of shingles has been laid in .the manner described, the

next course is laid in the same way, but the laying of this next course is facilitated by the holding devices of the preceding course,

since the tabs of the shingles of the succeeding course are brought in the process or" laying to underlie or extend beneath the keepers 33f theholding devices of the preceding course. Inasmuch as the cut outs in the shingles of the preceding course accurately position the holding device thereof,.it will be apparent that the keepers of such holding devices will automatically position the strip shingles of the succeeding course, so that all the shingles of the succeeding course will be automatically alined longitudinally of the roof. This is a marked advantage since it obviates the necessity of employing chalk lines, straight edges or other extraneous means in the proper lining up of shingles of .any particular course.

In practice, the keepers 3 are'so proportioned that the tabs of a succeeding course may be readily received beneath such keepers and this being the case, said keepers will, after the roof is finished,not only preclude flapping of the tabs in the wind, butwill hold down the weather edges of such tabs against curling, so that the shingles will at all times lay flat and produce a neat and pleasing appearance.

In practice, the holding devices constructed in accordance with this invention are made relatively small, this being especially true of the tongues 2 and 3, so that they will not be perceptible on a roof. In fact, they are so small in practice that they are practically invisible except at very close range. The devices may be niade of any suitable material, preferably non-corrosive, and may be. if desired painted or dipped in coloring material harmonizing Having thus fully described the invention,

' what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A holding device for strip shingles embodying a metallic strip provided at one of its ends with a downwardly extending tongue adapted to extend into the cut out of astrip shingle and'to abut the blind end of said out out and also provided at the same end of the metallic strip with an upstanding tongue adapted-to receive beneath it a tab of the next course of strip shingles, said tongues being positioned at the same point in the length of the strip.

2. A holding device for strip shingles embodying a metallic strip provded-at one of its ends with downwardly extending tongues adjacent each lateraledge of the strip and adapted to extend into the cut out of a strip shingle and to abut the blind end of said out out, said metallic strip being further provided with an intermediate upstanding tongue adapted to receive beneath it a tab of the next course of strip shingles, all of said tongues being positioned at the same point inthe len th of the strip.

3. A holding device for strip shingles embodying a metallic strip provided at one of its ends with three tongues, all of which are positioned at the same point in the length of the strip,the two outside tongues being bent downward to form positioning stops adapted to extend into the cut out of a .strip shingle and to abut the blind end of said out out, and the intermediate tongue being bent upwardly and thereafter returned upon the metallic strip in substantially parallel relation thereto, for the purpose of providing a keeper adaptedto receive be- HARRY H. HONIGBAUM. 

